Arts or crafts concerned with the design and manufacture of functional, beautiful objects

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Japanese designs of a flower & hexagon

W. Morris sale catalogue, 1898: Sir H. Wellcome MS notes

W. Morris's book collection sale catalogue, 1898; Sotheby's

W. Morris's book collection sale catalogue, 1898

Japanese decorative designs; inside pages from 'Chodo Zue'

Baby Krishna sucking his toes, on his cobra throne, attended by female attendants, all surrounded by decorative borders. Wood engraving.

1 print : wood engraving with separate blocks

xvi, 344 pages, 76 (i.e. 91) leaves of plates : illustrations, folded map ; 23 cm.

The industrial arts of India / By George C.M. Birdwood.

Lithuanian folk art / [Victoria Feldon].

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Baby Krishna sucking his toes, on his cobra throne, attended by female attendants, all surrounded by decorative borders. Wood engraving.

The industrial arts of India / By George C.M. Birdwood.

Japanese designs of a flower & hexagon

W. Morris's book collection sale catalogue, 1898

Lithuanian folk art / [Victoria Feldon].

Decorative arts

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Baby Krishna sucking his toes, on his cobra throne, attended by female attendants, all surrounded by decorative borders. Wood engraving.

The industrial arts of India / By George C.M. Birdwood.

Japanese designs of a flower & hexagon

W. Morris's book collection sale catalogue, 1898

Lithuanian folk art / [Victoria Feldon].

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